Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-07-14
DorLINoER.s COW.

| Diseouraging Experience OF . Humane and
Thoughtful Dakota Gentleman.
MIR. Dollinger, q resident of Sioux
Falls, who lives on Twelfth street,
bought new cow the other day. He
her, but was happily disappointed. as
she stood still. and in the words of Mrs.
Dollinger. who peeped through a crack
in the barn during the operation, only
''wagged her tail'' once or twice. The
next morning he took the cow out on
some vacant blocks near his house with
the intention of picketing her out with
long rope, one end of which he had
tied around her horns, SO she could get
some grass. The COW was evidently
hungry, for she grew very enthusiastic
when they got out to the grass and
rushed along and stepped on MIR. Dol
linger's foot.
''You old fool, You, don't you know
nothing'' yelled Mr.. Dollinger, regard
CARELESS of grammar. Take that"
and he kicked at the patient COW, missed
her and came down on his back. He
started to get up and the meek and in
jured cow went off at rapid rate. He
was about half up when he became
conscious that his legs were hopelessly
tangled in the picket rope and though
the COW was forty feet away and the
rope drawn tight, that she was still go
ing.
Mr.. Dollinger groaned. He wasn't
hurt yet, but he anticipated trouble.
He regretted kicking at the peaceable
cow both because she had been the
cause of his falling down and also from
the reason that he was afraid she had
taken it in the wrong spirit.
$50. bossy! so, bossyr' called Mr..
Dollinger. But the cow acted as if she
was afraid to $50"
By this time she was on lively trot
and Mr.. Dollinger was being lowed
along behind.
Head her off, somebody! Head
her off" howled Mr.. Dollinger, but
there didn't appear to be anybody to
head her off and she kept going.
She struck into gallop and put her
head up in the air as if she was checked
up, and went straight away from the
barn and off across the street and over
towards the railroad track.
TIL ere never was COW that ran so
easily before. And it didn't seem as
if there ever was Il man who dragged
quite SO readily.
About this time a hungry-looking
dog appeared on the scene. The dog
was hunting for another dog to fight,
but he thought the COW would do al
most as well. You ought to have seen
the way that dog went for that cow!
But he couldn't quite catch her. She
hadn't been running before, but now
she struck out to show them what she
could do when she tried.
She kicked sideways ut the dog and
tried to run horn through him. And
every time she tried it she jerked Mr..
Dollinger up into the air about four
feeti
And she beloved ont of the corners
of her mouth and the dog parked and
every time Mr.. Dollinger could get
enough breath saved up ahead he
yelled. And from the way she ran
and jerked her head around you never
would for moment have supposed
that she knew Mr.. Dollinger was any
where around.
Ard so they tore along across those
vacant lots and Mr.. Dollinger tearing
up the surface of the earth and yelling
for help and no help in sight. At last
they got to the railroad track and the |
COW stumbled as she went across the |
rails and rolled over in the ditch be- |
yond and left Mr.. Dollinger in the |
other ditch, and the dog couldn't get |
any more satisfaction out of her so he |
came back and got hold of the half of
Mr.. Dollinger's coat-tail that wasn't |
already torn off and stood and pulled |
back as if he was trying to draw cat |
out from under barn. And while |
Mr.. Dollinger was trying to get up a
train came along and cut off the rope |
and the passengers looked out at him
and few of them said the poor man
had been hurt, but most of them offered
to bet any amount that he was a tramp
and was too drunk to stand.--DdkOtG
Bell.
Statue of Ex-President Arthur.